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To: cordob who started this subject	2/13/2003 7:15:56 PM
From: cordob	of 82

Chip oversupply expected to linger in '04(ebnews) ebnews.com The present capacity glut and low utilization rates plaguing worldwide semiconductor manufacturing are likely to persist in 2003 and 2004, due to continued fab construction and expansion in China and other Asian nations, iSuppli Corp. believes. iSuppli is forecasting worldwide foundries will increase capacity by 34 percent in 2003. The rise will be the result of major expansions of 200mm and 300mm wafer fabs in China, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore this year. These expansions will exacerbate the overcapacity that already exists in front-end manufacturing, at both Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDMs) and pure-play foundries. This phenomenon will continue to restrain overall worldwide wafer manufacturing utilization rates to less than 85 percent for all technologies and feature sizes through 2003, iSuppli believes. Overcapacity will linger in 2004. ... (more) Cheers Cor

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